Dry Storeroom No. 1, Issue 1A remarkable behind-the-scenes look at the extraordinary people, meticulous research, and driving passions that make London’s Natural History Museum one of the world’s greatest institutions. In an elegant and illuminating narrative, Richard Fortey takes his readers to a place where only a few privileged scientists, curators, and research specialists have been—the hallowed halls that hold the permanent collection of the Natural History Museum. Replete with fossils, jewels, rare plants, and exotic species, Fortey’s walk through offers an intimate view of many of the premiere scientific accomplishments of the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Like looking into the mind of mankind and all the fascinating discoveries, ideas, and accomplishments that reside there, Fortey’s tour is utterly entertaining from first to last. |
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... staff had an individual number . So when I arrived at the key pound in the morning I had to cry out " 47 Grey ! " and within a few seconds I would be handed my keys by a uniformed warder . When a member of staff became well known to the ...
... staff had an individual number . So when I arrived at the key pound in the morning I had to cry out " 47 Grey ! " and within a few seconds I would be handed my keys by a uniformed warder . When a member of staff became well known to the ...
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... staff were commanded to come back late at night from Brighton or East Grinstead to restore their keys to the hook . A dressing - down would follow from the head of department the following day . The locks were changed in the 1980s to ...
... staff were commanded to come back late at night from Brighton or East Grinstead to restore their keys to the hook . A dressing - down would follow from the head of department the following day . The locks were changed in the 1980s to ...
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... staff , E. O. Ulrich . I had my microscope in front of me , and a line of specimens to one hand , while the other picked up the pipe from time to time and waved it about . It was about as contented a scene as could be imagined . At the ...
... staff , E. O. Ulrich . I had my microscope in front of me , and a line of specimens to one hand , while the other picked up the pipe from time to time and waved it about . It was about as contented a scene as could be imagined . At the ...
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... staff . In the Nat- ural History Museum , sports jackets were sanctioned for wearing on Fridays only ( by the Director Sir Gavin de Beer ) because , after all , this was the day when one went down to the country for the weekend . Later ...
... staff . In the Nat- ural History Museum , sports jackets were sanctioned for wearing on Fridays only ( by the Director Sir Gavin de Beer ) because , after all , this was the day when one went down to the country for the weekend . Later ...
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Contents
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31 | |
Old Worlds | 73 |
Animalia | 114 |
Theatre of Plants | 154 |
Multum in parvo | 185 |
Museum Rocks | 220 |
Noahs Ark in Kensington | 257 |
House of the Muses | 292 |
Acknowledgements | 315 |
Further Reading | 317 |
Illustration Credits | 319 |
Index | 325 |
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Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum Richard Fortey Limited preview - 2009 |
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